Portrait of a mother and daughter, three-quarter-length, the former seated, in a brown dress and ermine shawl, the latter in a pink dress, scissors and a ribbon in her right hand

George Beare is thought to have trained at the St. Martin's Lane Academy in London, but set up a portrait practice in Salisbury by 1746. An example of his work, a portrait of 'Sir Frederick Evelyn as a boy' can be found in the Salisbury Museum.